30 December 2008

Film honoured on stamp - The Castle




Hi ! The time has come to say goobye to year 2008 and welcome 2009. It is just peeping through the window. Well it's time to celebrate New Year which is about to knock our door ! In today's Post a film 'The Castle' announced as Australia’s favourite film & honoured by Australia Post. To celebrate the award of The Castle as being Australia’s favourite film of all time, Australia Post released a special stamp sheetlet pack in honour of this classic Australian film. The Castle was announced as Australia’s favourite film at the L’Oreal AFI Awards recently. It won the award ahead of four short listed Australian films – Gallipoli, Lantana, Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. In the second part of the Post new coins on Cricket for coin collectors issued by Sri Lanka. This is all for Today !.....Have a Nice Time !.....


'The Castle'...
The Castle takes a humorous look at an Aussie battler’s attachment to his suburban family home and his triumph over powerful corporate interests. This is the Kerrigan family’s story of their battle with the airport to keep their beloved house. The Castle is a Working Dog production and the cast included Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Sophie Lee, Eric Bana and Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell. In 1997 The Castle won ‘Best Original Screenplay’ at the AFI Awards and the ‘Australian Movie of the Year’ at the Australian Box Office Achievement Awards (1998). It received another 11 nominations at various Award events around the world.







For more details about these coins Mr. Pradip Jain can be contacted E-mail : philapradip@gmail.com


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very nicce!

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